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Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-10-21
Notice of Final Settlement.
STATE OF MISSOURI, &c
COUNTY OF ADAIR. ~

Final settlement the estate of George W.
Miller, deceased. Notice is hereby given to all
creditors and others interested n the estate of
George w. Miller deceased, that 1 William
Miller, administrator of said estate, intend TO
make final settlement thereof a the next term
OF the Probate court of Adair county to be
held at Kirksville, on the 18th day of Novem-
ber, 1857. WILLIAM MILLER
Dated Oct. llth, lSS1 Administrator.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-10-21
Notice of Final Settlement.
STATE OF MISSOURI, =
rOUNTv nr .nrn De

COUNTY OF ADAIR, o. D.
Final settlement of the estate of William
rogers deceased. Notice is hereby given TO
all creditors and others interested in the esta-
e OF William A. Rogers deceased, thas Frank
L. Rogers, executor of said estate, intend to
make hnal settlement thereof at the next term
OF the probate court of Adair county. to he
held at kirksville, on the I4th day of Noyem-
ber, lsS7 FRANK l. EOGEPs
Oct. 1lth, 1Ss1. Executor
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-10-21

For SALE-Farm of 130 acres 81
miles west of Kirksville; 80 acres in cultivation
nearly all good second bottom land, balance
In timber; good house, orchard; lumber OS
ground for new house; y acres OF fine corn
and ten acres of millet; will be sold with place
plenty Of good water; place in good repair.
Address Graphic ONCE
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21

Democrat on the eve of the election was max
ing thorough canvass, and called on a young
married man to talk over the situation and
secure his vote He succeeded, and went
away telling him he would be there at 5
O'clock the next morning with his team to
carry the young man to the polls.
The Democrat had scarcely departed when
an enthusiastic Republican went to call on
the same young man. and on similar errand
He. too, talked over the situation and secured
the vote. But Is it was late tho Republican
thought be would stay all night, and then
early in the morning they would go to the
polls together.
The next morning promptly the Democrat
knocked at the door ct ) o'clock Here was a
pickle: but the wife Of the young man and
her mother managed TO find a way out nicely.
The old lady responded to the call, and said
her son-in-law was not up yet The wife then
shouted out that he could not go until he had
built the fire. The old lady went to the wood
pile and began TO split kindlings. The kind
hearted Democrat, il order also TO expedite
matters, offered to split the wood and build
the fire OF went his overcoat and TO work
he went As the kindlings were damp it de-
layed him considerably, but he finally ac-
complished it. He then began 70 look around
for his man, and beholctthe bird had flown.
While he was building the fire the Republican
and his man had stolen out of a side window,
and were wei! on their way to the polls.
The Democrat is still the maddes5 man in
rookficld-Danbury Evening News.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
Imposing on an Expert.

An old California miner told me of an ex-
pert assayer who had avoided every snare.
He had the habit Of taking into the mine he
was to test, bags. in which he carefully de-
posted the specimens he found, tying, label
ing and sealing, then carrying them in the
cars TO his own home. His reports gained
implicit belief, hence the greater desire to
deceive him. A man once followed him TO
the train with $50 and bribed the porter Of
the sleeping car, into whose charge the bags
had been committed to leave them with him
for half an hour. He then, ly means Of fine
metallic syringes, injected into the bags GER
tain solutions, chlorides, l think, or gold and
silver, and returned them unopened to the
porter's custody. The assayer, unstlspicious,
tested every sample in bulk to find the
amount of silver and gold, and made very
sanguine report
On the strength OF this the mine was bought
of those whose agent the injector was, and
placed under charge Of the assayer. As soon
as work was begun the latter found with
horror that he had been imposed Oh. For
weeks, as my informant told ne, he drove
on, with his hair standing on end determined
to strike some new lead which should justify
his report. At length. much lower down,
he 'made a find" which exceeded his first
claim, and then he was satisfied -Leadville
Letter
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
The Upper Class and pnlltics

y successful merchant, well dressed, pomp-
GUS, self important, unused 10 any life out
side Of the counting room and accustomed
because of his very success to be treated with
deferential regard as one who stands above
the common run of humanity, naturally
finds it very unpleasant 10 go to caucus or
primary where he has to stand on an equal
footing with his groom and day laborers and
indeed may discover that the latter, thanks
to their faculty for combination are rated
higher in the scale Of political Importance
than he is himself IN al the large cities of
the north the weather., or, as they would pre-
fer to style themselves, the upper classes
tend distinctly toward the bourgeois type;
and an individual in the bourgeois stage of
development while honest, industrious and
virtuOus,, is also not inapt ito be Il miracle of
timid and short sighted selfishness. Tic COM
mercial classes are only too likely TO regard
everything merely from the standpoint Of
"DoeS it pay and many n merchant does
not take any part in politics because he is
shortSight2d enough TO ihinl, that it VIII pay
him better 10 attend purely to making
money, and too selfish to be willing 10 under
so any trouble for the sake of abstract duty;
while the younger men Of this type are too
much engrosscd in their various social pleas
ureS to be willing to give their time 10 any
thing elSe.-Theodore Roosevelt in The Cent
urY
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
Bosed by the Bartender.

yes" said 4 Clark street sal0Onkeeper. sit
has got 50 now that TO be successful and
popular bartender one must be a physician.
An old man viii come in here in the morning
with his face looking Ike a corrugated door
mat and his eyes green and CLASSY. &c viii
stare at you for Il minute, and then he viii
hang himself over the railing and tell you
that something's wrong with his stomach,
and that he must have something TO straight
en- him up. I've fix some sort Of q dose for
the fellow, and if he feels better an hour or
two later we are sure of his trade for some
time to come.
'Then there's the man who comes in gulp-
ing and shiverins. He says he doesn't know
what's the matter with him, and asks tie bar
tender to look at his tongue. A little bicar-
Donate of soda tones up his stomach and sets
him on his feet again. And so it goes from
morning until night. There's the fellow who
wants something for dyspepsia, and the man
who says he feels as though piece O: ice had
lodged in his stomach. Then there's the topper
with a cricl in his side, and the dude with
the big head, and the merchant who has got
to have something for the toothaohe. 1t is
getting so row that q Van who has anything
the matter with him goes into saloon to
seek relief in fact, it is getting so that no
man gets too great TO ask barkeeper's ad-
vice. Chicago Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
Why Mrs. Langtry is Liked.

The only British celebrity who doesn't Of
fend society nor toady to it IS Mrs Langtry.
She combines ii herself the most gracious in
dependence with the most discreet silence.
Mrs Langtry herself is not what you can call
a vivacious or brilliant woman. But for all
that she has q social charm peculiarly her
own. | never met Il man who had been in
her company half an hour who did not ac-
knowledge her charm without being unable
clearly TO account for it. She docs not, like
some professional women, throw herself at
you, so to speak. She never guShes, and she
doesn't do the mental clinging trick so elfec-
tive with the Glow lidded blondes Of Britain. F"
think her charm for men is her unalfect-
ed manner and her air of wholesome natural
ness. Her demeanor, no less than her APP
pearance, is implanted. You never suspect
her conversation or face of powder. She does
not build up her sentences or her body. She
doesn't overdress her language or her person.
This is so unlike an actress that it strikes
deep. | had the opportunity 20 study her
one morning ut breakfast, and | summed her
up as a very sensible, level headed healthy
woman, than which | cannot think Of any
thing moro charming.
A we'll known lady OF society not long ago
was listening TO her praises in a group of gem
tlsmen, and she iuterPosed tho remark: But
Mrs. Langtry has no art, you know"
Up went every mans hand and voice, and
a simultaneous chorus answered:
THAT'S why we like heri"-John D'Arme
in Omaha Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21

two or three wide. rocky, unproduct1ve, bar
rem The city, the most thoroughly I'M
American of cities, contains about 10000 in
habitants, of whom 5000, l should think, are
engaged in making cigars. What the city
was l can tell to q nicely, for l have spent
some time there; but what it is now, since a
great fire has swept over it and destroyed q
large number Of its wooden buildings, am
unable to say.
The population is largely foreign, great
many Cubans having come over from
Havana, attracted By the high wages paid
to makers of cigars Many natives OF the
Bahamas, too, find there more conSenlai
homes thar on their own coral Islands Not
a small number Of these latter have left
their country equally for their country S
good and their own, for the Bahama govern
ment loses no opportunity to nd IeSef OF lis
worst classes by offering them inducements
TO emigrate to Key West. prison or Key
West" is an alternative well known among
criminal darkies in Nassau and vita free
passage offered there is not much doubt about
the choice Even the prison doors are some
times opened to this end, for it has been
found cheaper to pay a prisoners fare to Key
West than 10 feed and c:othe him in Nassau.
Most of the Key West people, 1t seemed to
me. lived in little one and two story frame
houses, generally with a yard in front,
where flowers grew But the city was In a
filthy condition that hardly anything but
great fire could change.-Wiliiam Drysdale
in New York Times.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
,on noIrEe's opinion or sheridan.

\ number of military gentlemen were
discussing in New York the other day the
respective abilities TO our different soldiers
during the late war. Reference was made
10 what the Germans think OF our promin-
cnt commanders. An officer told story
about somebody conversing with Won Moltke
some American who insisted on categori-
cal answers. He kept saying to Won Moltke
that Sherman was great general. Won
Moltke would shrug and give no indorse-
ment. The American mentioned Sheridan.
"Ah, said Won Moltke, there is a gem
eral." The American again insisted that
Sherman was great man in the field.
"Ah,n said Won Moltke, with another
shrug, sheridan is q general" Said he:
"Did he not think Sherman vas a great
marcher and fghter?'
''Well, the German strategist meant to
criticise, probably, Sherman's campaign to
the sea. If he had ever met an enemy in
his route he would have been annihilated.
He went Off 10 the sea on n kind of brilliant
guess that he could communicate with the
fleet there Behind him the rebels were
invading tho north, passing almost through
Tennessee. Sherman did connect, and the
affair looks very brilliant on our pages, but
no precise, mathematical minded general
would indorse movement like that. Ger
tair.ly Won Moltke would not. ''-'Gath' in
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21

France has always been nearly self-sufficlng
in the matter Of toys. She makes her own
Poichinelle-a natter, DRESSER, moro cox
combical Punch than our friend IN Fleet
street; Punch whose hair is powdered and
who wears white kid gloves, but who is,
nevertheless, q most popular puppet. The
French 'pouree" * ut the acknowledged head
of the don world. Not even the most fash
ionable London emporium can display dolls
equaling ii piniuess OF complexion. il round
ness OF eye, IN aUriferousness of tresses, in
wealth Of lace and founces ard frilleries. and
in raGient sheen OF bronze kid boots, the
dolls exhibited in Paris
In the manufacture of small porcelain dolls
Grrayed rs brides, babies, silcpherdesses,
beadles and gendarmcs, the French are also
wonderfully skillful, and they make nearly
ali the Toy pooiies that bark and squeak, the
dimiEutive miniature announcements, the
hares tiat beat taoorS, the ninepins, the bat
tlelores ana shGttlccoclls, the tin trumpcts,
the iack-in-the-ScGes, the "tomboia" mantia-
rims with lolinlg tongues, Tie wagons and
horses, the bagatel!e boards, the tops, the
skipping ropes, The clockwork mice, Tie lii
putian batteries de cuisine" and the models
Of groccrs' and iinendrapers' shops i'll which
youag ir1nce takes delight London 1'ele-
graph.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
Pre,arinr Human Hair for Sale.

"Is not some preparation needed before the
hair is placed on the market for sale!"
20. YES. of course In Paris, where there
are several large hair dealers TO whom the
peddlers sell their collections, the sorting,
cleaning and preparation of hair form an I'M
portant industry. You see, hair from all
parts of the world and Of all shades, COM
plexions. lengths and previous conditions OF
servitude are brought to these hair martS and
laid out The women, whose powers of dis
tinguishing color are exceptionally acute, go
over them matching all the different colors
of the same texture, 10 matter where they
may have come from. These strands are also
matched as to length, until finally the hair Is
divided up into lots Of precisely the same
kind Now, see here" he said, taking down
a tress from the window, ''you might perhaps
suppose that all this was grown on ono head.
That is nonsense. | would not be surprised,
if every hair could tell the story Of its origin,
that we would find representatives from
every race on the globe. l see some Chinese
representatives here. You see Chinese hair
has been used to some extent. 1t Is of course
very coarse and straight, but in Paris it is
split TO fine quality and subjected to a
preparation to make it glossy. Then again
hair is dyed to certain specified shades. A
great portion of all the white hair, to tell
YOU professional secret, is manufactured by
bleaching But all of these preparations are
virtual failures, and nothing is so good as the
genuine article free from preparation, al
though it is more costly. San Francisco
Call
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
THE ISLAND OF KEY WEST.
Voyage Along the Gulf Coast of Florida
Florida Keys-Thc People.

The gulf coast OF Florida is fringed with o
beach whose length is measured by hundred.
of miles, white as SNOW, smooth, hard, anC
comforting 10 look upon. And what a de
light it is to the newcomer from the cold
north to row ashore from his schooner under
the hot sun, throw of his shoes, and make
rapid barefoot tracks up and down that
smooth, warm beach, In continuing the voy-
age down 10 Key West the steamer travels
among a maze of little islands that stretch
out on every side to the horizon. These are
the Florida Keys, renowned in song and
story. Nearly all of them are cultivated,
most OF them being given up 10 the raising of
vegetables and cocoanuts. The Keys are said
TO have much better soil than the mainland,
as indeed they must have if vegetables can
successfully be grown on them. Small sailing
boats ply among them, carrying their prod
ucts 10 market at Key West.
The island of Key " est Is the most westerly
of this Florida Keys of any Importance. but
not the most westerly in fact, for the Dry
Tortugas lie still further TO the westward. 1t
is possible for the visitor TO Key West to
make trip to the Dry Tortusas in a small
sailboat that makes occasional trips, but
there is hardly enough 10 be seen there to pay
for the risk of seasickness and thorough
wetting; nothing but strip of sand and
some Notifications that have been left very
much to themselves since the war closed.
Kew West IS tiny island six miles long BY
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
How the President is Said to be Getting
His Flesh Reduced.


Since he came to the White House the
president has been rapidly gaining flesh until
he now weighs fifty pounds more than he did
when he was elected. He does not take any
exercise. He drives out for an airing every
pleasant afternoon in q comfortable carriage,
but the ride doesn't give him any more exer-
else than II he spent 50 much time in q rock
ing chair. he Is getting so fat as to be uncom-
Portable as well as uugairly, and has been in
consultation with a doctor of the Swedish
massage school. The doctor does not pre-
scribe any drugs, nor does he use the Banting
system Of dieting. He simply recommends
the movement cure, and his treatment OF the
president is very funny.
First the doctor makes him lie fiat on bis
back on the floor, s.:tfen himself out with his
arms down at his side, and then raise his feet
in the air with his heels together, until his
legs are at an angle OF forty-ive degrees
This is repeated several times, and until one
has tried 1t he cannot realize how difficult and
exhausting it is. for none Of the joints in the
body can be moved except those at the hips
The next movement is 10 raise the feet in the
same position, and move them around in the
air, so that the heels will describe a circle
This is more difficult still, ard none but &c
compiished gyTnaS.s can do it ct the first
attempt
The third movement il TO stretch ont on the
floor, with the face down. and then raise the
body on the hands and toes. After this has
been tried the patient is to stand on the tips
of his toes and fingers ard make motions as
if he were swimming. By going through this
process tsrce times day, 1T first only 4 few
minutes, and then longer, as the muscles of
the stomach will permit, it is claimed that a
fat man can reduce his flesh with remarkable
rapidity. Cor. Omaha Herald
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
THE MAN WITH a HOBBY.
why the Professional Reformer is Ap'
to be n Disagrceabie Person.

why the Professional Reformer is Apt
to be Disasrceabie Person.
"Why is it that all professional refornlers
make themselves personally and soclalIy
disacreeable and repuisive" asked the good
deacon of a west side church, as he and
were strolling down Madison street this
morning. We had just passed vinegar
yisacei individual whose business was that
of rcdhot reformcr. 1T is a conundrum
YOU are asking" | replied; Il give it up. But
is it a fact that ali professional reformers are
disagreea5le and repulsive, personally and
socially?'
ayes, it is a fact" said the deacon, who is
an amiable and philanthropic gentleman and
popular and successful man Of business
withal; "and | have long been trying to ex-
plain it. A rcformer is presumably actuated
by q good motive-a desire to make people
better by mitigating or abolishing the vices
or burdens OF evil influences by which they
are either demoralized or oppressed. This
good motive, one would think, should have
tendency 10 make him good natured and
kindly But | have noted many OF the class
carefully. and have found that the man with
q hobby is invariably an i'll natured and Ill
hammered person. | don't understand 1t,
don't pretend to be able to explain 1t, and
when | asked you the question | did SO for
Information"
A well known lawyer residing on the West
side Joined us in our walk near the bridge,
and submitted to him the deacon's problem.
Il, too remarked the lawyer, "have noted
the fact referred to, and my explanation Is
that the same cause that originally makes
men or women professional reformers oper-
ateS to make them more and moro disagree
able TO the generality Of people as they grow
older and become more devoted TO their
special hobbies" What is that cause"
asked the deacon. 1T is simply the fact
that thoy make the mistake Of believing
themselves far better and wiser than all
other people, and treat other people accord
ingly," answered the lawyer, who, as final
ity to the conversation, asked: "Did you
ever know self-c0nceitad fool 10 be either
agreeable or popular anywhere, even in his
own home and family Neither the deacon
nor I could make an affirmative answer, and
we agreed that the lawyer had a case.-Cor.
CHICAGO Journal
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
inIin az a Winter Eesnri

India is rapidly becoming a fashionable
winter resort for tourists. AS the autumn
advances the Peninsular and Oriental COM
pany's floating hotels take out heavy trcights
of passengers, which inclUde many persons
besides those who are merely returning to
their duties after leave OF absence No doubt
the trip is expensive, and it can rot be really
appreciated unless the tourist is med with
a good budget of letters Of introduction. But
TO many its great attraction is that it has not
yet become yulgarized The winter climate
is enjoyable; the official world welcomes
those whose social position in this country
renders letters of introduction unnecessary;
and even the ordinary tourist is appreciated
If he comes properly recommended. Posi-
bly,, the recent heavy fall in the value OF the
rupee viii cause the Anglo-Indian to think
twice before he INDUCES in lavish hospitality;
but this seems to have little effect ON those
who wish to see how India is governed The
tourist trooping season has set in with excep-
tonal severity this year, and before long we
shall be hearing that the excursion agents
have taken the matter in hand with View
to arrangins chesp circular trips with fixed
charges for eYerything.-5t. James Gazette.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
Brick Paving for Streets.

Bloomington, Ills, is the first town of
the United States TO try the value of
brick paving for streets upon an extern
sive scale. Brick pavements exist in
abundance in the town of Holland. but
are rarely met with in this country.
Bloomington IS in a clayey district and
bricks are cheap. There have been seven
miles Of street laid with them for the last
ten years and .hey have proved durable
and economic if care is take to choose
tough bricks In the beginning. The
bricks are laid in two courses and are
very closely fitted. Sand is brushed over
them to fill the interstices The result is
smooth pavement, a safe one for horses,
and, on account Of the porosity OF brick,
q much drier pavement in wet weather.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
-uESMlI~
9ai11 eagle
SILHOUETTE.

Flcwers oft bloom beyond our reach,
Their beauty comes and goes unseen;
Oft hopes We nurse live, but to teach
How frcil the stay on which we lean.
The heart which throbs il pure delight
VIII keenest feel the stings of pain,
And souls too long in summers bright
Viii soonest chill in winter rain.
We oft our castles build too high,
OF coming st rms, ali, never dream,
Till all a mass in ruins lie
And hope is stripped OF every CLEAN.
Still about the wreck we cling,
For treasures lost we pine and sigh,
While memory kisses words that sting.
you build your castle far too high"
-Syms Kay Martin
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
4 Very Singular Document.

Odessa and st. Petersburg papers pub
lish n singular document, which is moth
ing less than q formal treaty between one
Ljsjkevich, the manager of an estate in
the government of kiev, and ncighbor-
ing peasant woman who passed for very
powerful witch. lie greatly feared
blight for his crop of beetroot, and for the
honorarium of eighteen rubles she under
took TO ward OFF the danger by her magic
spells after the 21st of May. Should the
blight reappear she was to be bound TO
repeat the incantations gratis. One por
ton of the enchantment consisted in the
witch's walking over the endangered
fields at night in costume the meager-
ness of which may be more easily imagined
than described -Chicago Herald
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21

The famous puts tree" near Crown
Point, to which Gen. Israel Putnam was tied
by the Indians and rescued just as the torch
was being applied to the faggots, was re-
Gently sent to Saratoga where it will be pre-
served-BoSton Budget
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21

The best material fer cogs, where it can be
obtained, is well seasoned second growth
white hickory, hut maple and birch are ex-
tensively used for this purposc-Boston
BUDGET